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Confusion in exact term used for ? - ift38375 - Jul-22-2019
import pandas as pd
diSales= { 2016:{'qtr1':34500,'qtr2':56000,'qtr3':47000,'qtr4':49000},
2017:{'qtr1':44900,'qtr2':46100,'qtr3':57000,'qtr4':59000},
2018:{'qtr1':54500,'qtr2':51000,'qtr3':57000,'qtr4':58500},
2019:{'qtr1':61000}
}
df = pd.DataFrame(diSales)
ks = df.count()
print(ks)in above example i am using name df, ks but what exact term i will use for that: variable or object ? are df and ks variables or anything ? plz clarify me
RE: Confusion in exact term used for ? - metulburr - Jul-22-2019
Technically its both because everything in python is an object and that a variable. But i would call it a
DataFram object because its a pandas.core.frame.Dataframe class' object.
RE: Confusion in exact term used for ? - buran - Jul-22-2019
Strictly technically the term is
name. Names point to objects (everything in python is object). But even the python documentation use sometime the term variable when refer to names. So if you use variable it would be understood what you mean.See also
https://docs.python.org/3/reference/executionmodel.html#naming-and-binding
https://nedbatchelder.com/text/names.html
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20700681/4046632